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Atriplex semibaccata

Australian saltbush, berry saltbush, creeping saltbush
Habit Monoecious, unarmed, perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, prostrate to decumbent, the stems 0.5-8 dm. tall and up to 15 dm. across the plant, white-scurfy when young.
Leaves

Leaves many, alternate, obovate to elliptic, 5-30 mm. long and 2-9 mm. wide, the base tapered, the margins entire to remotely dentate, the tip obtuse.
Flowers

Staminate flowers in small, terminal, leafy-bracteate clusters 1.5 mm. wide; pistillate flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters in most leaf axils.
Fruits

Fruiting bracteoles fleshy and red at maturity, sessile, strongly veined.

Atriplex semibaccata
Flowering time April-September
Habitat Disturbed areas from dry to moist, tolerant of alkaline soils.
Distribution
Occasionally introduced in eastern and central WA; scattered localities primarily in southwestern US.
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Origin Introduced from Australia
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. argentea, A. canescens, A. dioica, A. gardneri, A. gmelinii, A. heterosperma, A. hortensis, A. littoralis, A. longipes, A. oblongifolia, A. patula, A. prostrata, A. rosea, A. truncata
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